Custom Reminder Notifications

Is it possible to receive ios in-app task reminders/alerts for a specific time. I do see that there is a place to enter the time a task is due and a way to setup notification alerts on the iphone, but as far as i can tell, I will only receive those alerts at midnight? Please add this needed feature! When working multiple projects, it is really nice to get a reminder so as to prevent an important task from falling through the cracks. Thanks so much!!

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This should be very useful while handling multiple projects.

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Yes, please.
Something like:

  • Due Date: Today 11am
  • Reminder/Alert: Today 09am

It would also be nice if the Reminder push notification also remind me how much time left until Due.
Something like:

Write a blog post
Due in 2 hours (or mention the Due Date and time)

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1000x yes! This is the biggest lacking feature imo. Todoist allows not only specific time reminders, but you can also set reminder notifications based on arriving at/leaving locations. Asana really needs to incorporate a similar feature.

For now, I’m having to use iOS reminders to accomplish this, and have not found a way in Asana or via any third party (e.g. IFTTT, Zapier) to be able to get Asana/iOS Reminders to work together (with a message going from Asana to iOS Reminders; I am aware of ways to go the opposite way). I don’t like having my todos across multiple apps though at all. If anyone has a better solution - please let me know!

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That’s very cool feature. And I have an idea about notification too. The notification for specific tasks, specific tags, and specific project.

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Yes Yes Yes!!! This is a MUST feature. I’m actually kinda shocked that Asana doesn’t have this as standard - really??? In a project management tool​:person_shrugging:t2:. Would’ve thought reminders would be basic functionality in the programme :smirk:

Please Asana - give us a reminder alert feature (other than email notification - I have enough stuff in my email inbox) on desktop & mobile app.

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This is one of the core sticking points to full adoption of asana. I have team members entering tasks in asana, and then entering those same tasks in a calendar to get reminders… and then looking at me to explain why. This is one of those moments when it’s a bit embarrassing to evangelize the product.

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This would be a great feature add. The way I envision it is exactly like Google Calendar reminders. They have a dropdown where you can choose to email or notification at a certain time frame prior to the due date/time:

reminders

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Absolutely - Location-based reminders/notifications would put Asana over the top. I hate having to use another app to handle my location-specific tasks.

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Asana are you actually listening to your customers? Reminders should be a basic feature in Asana, why has this still not been implemented after months & YEARS of this request? I love Asana but this reminder feature should be standard, all of your competition is doing it? …is it that hard to implement reminders in the App?
…Are you listening?

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This is a deal breaker for me. All of the tools are golden, but if I have a task due at 4PM tomorrow, I want the option to put a reminder at 3PM.

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I would love to hear from Asana on this topic considering the interest level from their customers. This is a critical feature. We would be more than happy if this was rolled out as a premium feature, just so long as it was available.

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@Alexis is there any official update on this request??

Seems like there are many iOS users who NEED this functionality (myself Included) and appears to be a deal breaker for potential clients…

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@Kaitie @Michael_A

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ios like reminder functionality would help many people finally stop mixing asana with standard reminder app. Hope developers will take this feature into account

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Absence of this feature is only reason I am using native iOS Reminders app for quick / daily notes.

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Ditto. The iOS Reminder App has its drawbacks too, and I’d use Asana a lot more if there were a reminder feature. I want to know that something is due on Friday and a reminder at some interval — that I can change as needed — to remind me that it’s due and that I should be working on it. For example, Presentation due on Friday at 10am. On Wednesday, at 10am, I’d like to be able to set a reminder to work on it, print it, whatever. Thank you.

I would love to see this feature in Asana.

I don’t want to adjust my due date or create another task reminding me to follow-up a task/project, just a simple reminder that sends me an email or alert that I need to look at something.

As Asana has a calendar there should be a Meeting & Reminder function otherwise people stop using/maintaining Asana as they start writing their task & meetings in the phone reminder app.

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I think I figured out a work-around. I created an IFTTT Applet that uses the location trigger and a “Rich” notification action with a link to the Asana URL of a search for tasks tagged with a unique tag for that specific location (ie. “@Work”). The downside is that I need to create a separate IFTTT Applet for each location, but I now get a notification that, when clicked, opens my Asana app to exactly the search results I want to review at that location.

Although I would definitely still prefer this as a built-in feature, I believe this will work as a stop-gap solution. It should also be possible to set something similar up with Tasker. I believe the IFTTT notification will disappear when clicked, so having a permanent notification at a location will likely require Tasker.

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